Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum
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Some of these tomatoes can grow to weigh one and a half pounds!
These tomatoes are praised for their delicious, meaty flavor.
Better Boy Hybrid Tomatoes are deep red, smooth, and firm fruits. This tomato variety has multiple disease tolerance to verticillium wilt (VFN), Alternaria solani (ASC), and Stemphylium (ST).
These tomatoes are perfect for your garden—a top-performing variety that produces copious amounts of large, flavorful fruits with excellent disease resistance. Enjoy the flavor of a fresh, home-grown tomato all summer long!
Full Sun
7 - 10 Days
70 - 75 Days
18"+
12 - 120"
Moist (2 in / week)
Characteristics: Attracts Bees and Pollinators
Botanical Name: Solanum lycopersicum
Fill Weight (grams): 1.5
Flavor: Delicious, meaty flavor.
Preparation Ideas: Slice to your liking for use in sandwiches!
Plant Type: Vegetable
Plant Lifecycle: Annual
Approximate Seed Count: 15 Pelleted Seeds
Landscape Use: Edible Garden
Growth Type: Indeterminate
Disease Resistance: Verticilium Wilt|Fusarium Wilt|Nematodes|Alternaria|Stemphylium
Growing Season(s): Spring|Summer|Fall
Harvest/Bloom Season(s): Summer|Fall
Package Dimensions: 3.25 x 4.5"
Start Better Boy Hybrid Tomato seeds indoors in a sunny location 6 weeks prior to warm weather. Transplant tomato seedlings outdoors in full sun when seedlings display 4-6 leaves and weather is warm. Seeds can be sown directly into garden when soil is warm. Tomatoes cannot tolerate frost.
Planting Depth: 0.25"
Seed Spacing: Sow Better Boy Hybrid Tomato seeds roughly 2' apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 3' apart.
Nutrient Care Instructions: Apply SUPERthrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
To keep tomatoes clean and easier to pick, support them with stakes or cages. Tomatoes require at least an inch of water per week.
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